Table 1 Analyzed composition of the basal diet (C), the dehydrated (DL) and live black soldier fly larvae (LL) fed to an indigenous chicken breed over the period 39–174 days of age

Chemical composition (g/100 g feed)

 Dry matter

90.3

93.9

33.9

 Crude protein

18.1

33.9

43.3

 Ether extract

3.63

31.4

16.1

 Crude fiber

4.80

7.98

9.09

 AME (MJ/kg)

11.9

17.7

14.3

Fatty acids (%)

 C12:0

0.12

33.2

43.6

 C14:0

0.10

7.75

8.54

 C16:0

12.9

16.1

12.4

 C17:1

0.05

0.83

0.26

 C18:0

2.89

3.09

2.56

 C18:2n6

51.7

13.5

7.59

 C18:3n3

3.74

1.25

0.99

 C20:2n6

0.08

0.17

0.16

 C20:3n6

0.18

0.03

0.02

 C20:4n6

0.03

0.04

0.01

 SFA

15.9

60.8

68.1

 MUFA

26.9

15.1

16.0

 PUFA

55.7

14.9

8.76

Aminoacidic composition (g/100 g crude protein)

 Alanine

6.53

3.10

3.73

 Arginine

6.53

1.83

2.52

 Aspartic Acid

9.80

3.54

4.41

 Glutamic Acid

17.4

3.87

5.46

 Glycine

8.17

2.41

2.98

 Histidine

2.45

0.99

1.94

 Isoleucine

4.19

1.70

2.12

 Leucine

8.17

2.65

3.10

 Lysine

6.53

2.63

3.36

 Methionine

2.12

0.76

0.88

 Phenylalanine

5.12

1.71

1.97

 Proline

6.53

2.04

2.73

 Serine

4.79

1.53

2.05

 Threonine

3.76

1.50

1.92

 Tyrosine

3.10

2.67

3.21

 Valine

4.79

2.44

2.97